Homes Under the Hammer is a British factual renovation and auction television series that is screened on BBC One as part of the daytime schedule. The series has been running since 17 November 2003, and is currently presented by Martin Roberts and Martel Maxwell alongside Dion Dublin, Jacqui Joseph, Tommy Walsh and Owain Wyn Evans. Lucy Alexander, who was one of the series' original presenters, departed the series in 2016, though new episodes featuring Alexander were broadcast intermittently until 2018.
The series is the BBC's most successful show among others in the 10am slot, regularly attaining a 30% market share for new episodes, which equates to approximately 1.5 million viewers per episode.
Format Commercial and industrial property also feature on the programme in addition to residential lots and land plots.
Each episode follows several lots at auction. These often require refurbishment or full development. A presenter and local estate agent provide a valuation of the property, followed by the actual auction and sale price. The buyers discuss potential improvements to the purchased property, with an estimated budget. Following this format for each property, the show returns to show the refurbishments carried out. Another estate agent gives an updated value of the property following the work.
In 2019, the show also started returning to unfinished properties featured in past episodes to give updates on their progress.
Presenters From the first series in 2003, Lucy Alexander and Martin Roberts presented the show. In 2005, Jasmine Birtles and Marc Woodward also presented a handful of episodes during series three, due to the limited availability of the regular presenters. Retired footballer Dion Dublin joined Alexander and Roberts in 2015 at the beginning of the nineteenth series.
On 1 July 2016, the BBC announced that Alexander had left Homes Under the Hammer after 13 years, though Alexander later clarified that she would continue to appear on the series for "at least another few years", owing to the manner in which the series is filmed.
On 30 March 2017, BBC Scotland's Martel Maxwell was revealed as the new host replacing Alexander during the 21st series of the show and it was announced she would appear on screen from June.
In November 2020, the BBC announced that Money for Nothing presenter Jacqui Joseph and former Ground Force presenter Tommy Walsh would join the presenting team for series 24. This series was broadcast from 2021.
To mark the show's 20th anniversary, a short run of episodes featured a guest co-presenter and a look back at a memorable moment from the archives. The celebrity co-hosts were Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Alex Jones, Toyah Willcox, Owain Wyn Evans and Amanda Lovett from The Traitors. Wyn Evans, who first appeared as one of the celebrity guests, started presenting the series proper on 24 October 2024.
The first five episodes of series 28 were also celebrity specials with guest presenters that were this time broadcast over one week in December 2024. Guests this time were Scarlett Moffatt, Zack George, Ian "H" Watkins, Sarah Greene and James Bye. Series 27 resumed on 28 January 2025, with the rest of series 28 starting in May 2025.
Celebrity episodes, aired during the 29th series, feature Dianne Buswell, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Francesca Rowan-Plowden from The Traitors, Carol Smillie and Duncan James.
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Music During the stages of viewing the property, or whilst interviewing the buyer, licensed music is normally played which is related to the property, or person buying.
London-based composers Michael Burdett and Richard Cottle created the theme tune, musical beds and stings.
For the final chords of the theme tune Burdett and Cottle used the 32ft open wood on the organ at the Welsh Presbyterian Church Charing Cross.
Transmissions Regular Series Start date End date Episodes 1 17 November 2003 12 December 2003 20 2 8 November 2004 18 March 2005 45 3 6 June 2005 2 August 2005 25 4 7 November 2005 29 March 2006 40 5 5 June 2006 20 November 2006 30 6 8 January 2007 16 February 2007 20 7 30 April 2007 29 June 2007 30 8 17 September 2007 23 November 2007 20 9 7 January 2008 22 February 2008 20 10 25 February 2008 20 June 2008 30 11 30 June 2008 12 September 2008 20 12 24 November 2008 2 February 2009 29 13 9 February 2009 1 March 2010 85 14 12 April 2010 4 February 2011 80 15 7 March 2011 2 March 2012 100 16 9 April 2012 13 February 2013 78 17 11 March 2013 31 March 2014 80 18 15 April 2014 30 March 2015 80 19 13 April 2015 29 March 2016 80 20 12 April 2016 23 March 2017 80 21 4 April 2017 22 March 2018 80 22 17 April 2018 26 February 2019 80 23 2 April 2019 24 March 2020 80 24 7 April 2020 4 February 2022 80 25 22 February 2022 19 January 2023 80 26 20 January 2023 27 February 2024 80 27 2 April 2024 1 May 2025 79 28 6 May 2025 20 May 2026 512918 August 2026TBCTBC
Celebrity Series Start date End date Episodes 1 9 December 2024 13 December 2024 5
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